- (coif) cover with a coif
- (coif) hairdo: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
- (coif) a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
- (coif) dress: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
- A coif is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head.
- (coif) A hairdo; A hood; A chain mail head gear; To style or arrange hair
- (Coif) A Mail defense for the head in the form of a hood, often worn under a full helm. The mail coif was worn over a padded cap, providing excellent protection against both shock and penetration.
- (coif) a hood, often padded and sometimes made of mail
- (COIF) close-fitting cap of white linen later embroidered or made in black.
- (COIF) A type of armored head-covering made out of chain-mail.
- (Coif) A mail hood. Also a cloth cap secured under the chin with ties. See also arming cap.
- (Coif) A maille hood covering the head, neck and soemtimes the top of the shoulders.
- (Coif) Hood, usually of mail
- (Coif) Made of linen, tied under the chin or possibly secured to the hair with pins. Almost always white from the first quarter of the 16th century onward, there was a fashion for early French Hoods to have red coifs prior to 1520.
- (Coif) an under-hat or house-hat shaped very like modern baby bonnets. Worn for warmth and/or to keep hair oils out of unwashable hats. Often decorated with Holbein-work in the 16th/17th centuries.
- (Coif) chainmail armor worn over the head
- (coif) Protective head covering made of mail. Worn until mid-14th century when basinet and aventail became the most common form of head defence. Usually wore a cap of coiled rope beneath it.